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Context Tarantula is a 1955 “Atomic Horror Giant Monster” movie, and is widely considered a fine example of the genre and era. It came one year after the giant ants of Them!, with more modern special effects (the spider had better hair). Unsurprisingly, this profile includes pics...

Context This classic is one of the first nuclear monster films and one of the first “Big Bug” films. Another notable example of this sub-sub-genre is Tarantula (1955). In 1954, Them! was Warner Brothers’ highest grossing film. Them! is part of a genre sometimes called...

Context I recently watched the animated film Monsters vs. Aliens and thought it would be cool to writeup the original monsters. The Fly was a 1958 horror movie, which inspired a number of (far gorier) sequels and remakes over the years. It’s certainly one of the 1950s “atomic...

About two years ago I noticed a gaming buddy of mine had Barbarella in VHS format in his collection. I began to believe that I had missed out on a gamer classic…I bought the movie and found it is much different than what I expected. Still here she is… with S P O I L E R S, I...

Context The Wild World of Batwoman (a.k.a. She Was A Hippie Vampire or Wild Wild World of Batwoman) is a catastrophically bad 1966 film. By far its greatest accomplishment is to have survived the obvious copyright infringement trial. Somehow. This writeup contains some S P O I L E R S...

Background Real Name: No first name given Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: None Group Affiliation: None Base Of Operations: London Height: 6’1” Weight: 165lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown, Graying Powers and Abilities Voreli started out as a simple doctor ; however,...

Background Base Of Operations: Outer Space Height: 6’7” Weight: 235 lbs Eyes: Green Hair: None Powers and Abilities The Thing was fairly strong, though not superhumanly so. It was very tough though, due to its vegetable nature. One of the scientists compared shooting...